> > On 23 November 2013 09:07, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote: > I really think that NativeBoost MUST HAVE a decent documentation. > > i agree. i need to invest into it.
we should build a working group with pomodoro around it. JB and Damien could help. I can play the naive idiot and editor but I cannot be the driven force because the gap to learn will cost me too much energy. But this is on my todo to read the tutorial of laurent. Stef > > It is a central part of Pharo and Igor you should do something about it. > If I would know I would have written a chapter on it but I cannot because I > DO NOT KNOW. > > Stef > >> >> >> >> On 21 November 2013 22:40, Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com> wrote: >> I'm wrapping the FMOD cross-platform audio library. The code is MIT and lives >> at http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~SeanDeNigris/FMOD >> >> ======== >> Problem #1: >> ======== >> >> I'm calling into the FMOD library with: >> primStoreIsPlaying: channelHandle in: isPlayingHandle >> <primitive: #primitiveNativeCall module: #NativeBoostPlugin> >> >> "FMOD_RESULT FMOD_Channel_IsPlaying( >> FMOD_CHANNEL *channel, >> bool *isplaying);" >> >> ^ self nbCall: #(FMOD_RESULT FMOD_Channel_IsPlaying(NBExternalAddress >> channel, NBExternalAddress isPlayingHandle)). >> >> I call the above with: >> isPlaying >> | isPlaying | >> isPlaying := NBExternalAddress new. >> self primStoreIsPlaying: channel in: isPlaying. >> ^ isPlaying value > 0. >> >> isPlaying is always 0. The method works directly from C with: >> int isPlaying = 1; >> while (isPlaying) { >> FMOD_Channel_IsPlaying(channel, &isPlaying); >> } >> >> I also tried changing the callout signature to "... bool* isPlayingHandle)" >> and passing "isPlaying := true." instead of using the NBExternalAddress >> stuff. >> >> err.. again, you must pass an address where value will be stored, >> >> ^ self nbCall: #(FMOD_RESULT FMOD_Channel_IsPlaying( >> NBExternalAddress channel, NBExternalAddress * isPlayingHandle)). >> otherwise you passing NULL pointer, and i quite surprised it not segfaults >> when you call it like that (looks like they have a check in the library ) >> >> you can also use NBExternalTypeValue for that: >> >> boolValueClass := NBExternalTypeValue ofType: 'bool'. "sure thing, creating >> anonymous class for each call is overkill, this should be done once, >> somewhere else" >> >> boolValue := boolValueClass new. >> >> self callTheThingWith: boolValue. >> >> boolValue value ifTrue: [... blah] >> >> (and this will work, assuming you have bool* in signature for this argument). >> >> I have a few more questions, but this is the most pressing as it's holding >> up any further development. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> ----- >> Cheers, >> Sean >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/NativeBoost-Questions-while-wrapping-FMOD-tp4724116.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Igor Stasenko. > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko.
